Clothes-line reel.



No. 870,245. 1 V PATENTED NOV. 5, 1907.

R. MURGHISON. CLOTHES LINE REEL.

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No. 870,245. PATENTED Nov. 5, 1907.

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CLOTHES LINE REEL.

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CLOTHES-LINE REEL.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 5, 1907.

Application fil d December 5,1906. Serial No. 346.434.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, RODERICK MURcHIsoN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Ker-anee, in the county of Henry and State of Illinois, have inventeda new and useful Clothes-Line Protector and Reel, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to clothes line reels and protectors therefor; and the object, in general, is to provide a novel and improved device of this nature, which will be simple of construction, el'licient in operation, and thoroughly weather-proof.

To this end, the invention may be said to consist in certain features of construction and combinations of parts herein shown and described, and more particularly pointed out in the claims.

lnthe drawings: Figure 1 is a face view of the (levicc, with the sliding door open; Fig. 2, is a similar view with the door closed; Fig. 3 is a sectional view taken on the line yy, Fig. 2, showing the inner side of one end of the device; Fig. 4 is a similar view, but showing the other end; Fig. 5 is an end elevation; and Fig. 6 is a fragmentary horizontal section, showing one end of the device.

Referring to the drawings, 1 indicates the generally cylindrical casing body, having the substantially circular ends 2. The front side or half of the casing body is open to permit access to the reel therein, said reel comprising the shaft 10, journaled in central apertures I) in the casing ends, circular end flanges 13 and 14,

.the latter provided with ratchet teeth to cooperate with the pawl 15, and longitudinal wings 12, these wings being disposed substantially tangentially to the shaft and extended in proximity to each other, for a purpose presently appearing.

A convenient inode of securing the ends and body of the casing together is shown in Figs. 1, 2 and 6, wherein the casing ends are provided with segmental internal flanges 22, co-extensive with the end margins of the body of the casing and secured thereto as by means of belts or rivets l.

The margins of the ends of the casing in the region of the open front may be each provided with two concentric internal flanges 3, 3 including between them the guide-way 5. A curved door 6 is designed to close the opening in the casing; and is very conveniently guided at its ends in said guide-ways 5. A lip 7 along I one side margin of the door may be provided to act as a stop to prevent undue movement of the door when the latter is opened; and the handle 8 may be formed on said lip.

The door is very efficiently steadied in its movement in the following manner: Arms 16, 16 are secured to the inside of the door at the two ends thereof, and have their inner ends abutting and bearing against the shaft 10. These arms are angled, as at 21, as shown in Figs. 3 and 6, affording shoulders which engage the inner sides of the inner flanges 3.

Means may be provided to secure the casing to a support, as the corner of a building; and, for this purpose, I have shown the two arms 17 and 19, provided with nail or screw holes 18 and secured to the two ends of the casing, the one projecting parallel to the axis of the casing and the other at right angles thereto. The crank 20 operates the reel in an obvious manner.

In the operation of winding, the end of the line is placed longitudinally between two of the wings 12, the peculiar disposition of these wings permitting the cord to be snugly seated, the remainder of the line is then wound by the turning oi the reel, the portion of the line parallel to the reel-shaft being thus inclosed in the coils. In this way, I avoid tying a knot in the cord to secure it to the reel.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new is:

In a device of the character described, the combination with a reel and shaft, of a cylindrical casing therefor having one side open and each end provided in the region of such opening with an internal arcuate flange, a curved door overlying said flange, and an arm secured to the inside of said door at each end thereof with its inner end having an abutting bearing against the reel shaft, said arms being angled to provide shoulders which engage the inner sides of said flanges.

In witness that I claim the foregoing I hereto subscribe my name this 27th day of November, 1906.

RODERICK MURCHISON.

Witnesses:

J. E. MALEY, C. S. RICHARDS. 

